That much I learned, Neekewa.

In happiness--you will meet again." "Where?
When ?" whispered Jolly Roger, his heart beating with sudden swiftness.
Again Yellow Bird passed her hand over her eyes, and as she held it there for a moment she bowed her head until Jolly Roger could see only her dew-wet hair and she said, "In the Country Beyond, Neekewa." Her eyes were looking at him again, big, dark and filled with mystery.
"And where is this country, Yellow Bird ?" he asked, a strange chill driving the warmth out of his heart.

"You mean--up there ?" And he pointed to the gray sky above them.
"No, it is happiness to come in life, not in death," said Yellow Bird slowly.

"It is not beyond the stars.

It is--" He waited, leaning toward her.
"In the Country Beyond," she repeated with a tired little droop of her head.